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Originally Posted by YorkieRini OK..this is NOT my objective..I want NO relation!!
"I would love to see this Biewers become a variation or type of Yorkshire. Not to compete against the Yorshire Terrier as it does go against the breed standard the was set by the YTCA and that AKC follows them as the parent club for the breed... There are many many other variations of other breeds in AKC. This is will take many years for this to happen and all the right steps would have to be taken first. When the time comes I would love to see the YTCA join our force & help us get them introduced properly to ensure that they enter the ring as a breed of their own as the silkies are."
Following this process will not only dilute the Biewer but the Yorkie as well. So not only would I ruin one breed I'd be ruining both..No way!!!.. |
Sue, just because the Biewer is a descendent of the yorkie does not make it one. The yorkie was not born one day. It took years of breeding down from other breeds to make the yorkie the breed we know today. It appears your Biewers are from the German lines. I went to your site and your dogs are adorable. However, there are breeders who are capitalizing on the Biewer name, when in actuality they are only breeding cross breeds. Keeping records with DNA will allow the Biewer to become a breed of its own. Yes, it is not going to happen overnight. But all new breeds accepted by AKC have not just happened by accident, but by years of breeding true. As Irene stated, breeding Biewers to Yorkies will only dilute the gene pool.
I do hope that the dedicated Biewer breeders will continue on the quest to form their own breed of the Biewer Terrier, but I do not see it becoming a variation of the Yorkshire Terrier.
Julie